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<p><h2>THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN (CH. 1 : 1-17)</h2>

  <SUP class="vnum">1</SUP> In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
  <SUP class="vnum">2</SUP> He was in the beginning with God. 
  <SUP class="vnum">3</SUP> All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 
  <SUP class="vnum">4</SUP> In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 
  <SUP class="vnum">5</SUP> And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
  <SUP class="vnum">6</SUP> There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 
  <SUP class="vnum">7</SUP> This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. 
  <SUP class="vnum">8</SUP> He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
  <SUP class="vnum">9</SUP> That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
  <SUP class="vnum">10</SUP> He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 
  <SUP class="vnum">11</SUP> He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
  <SUP class="vnum">12</SUP> But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
  <SUP class="vnum">13</SUP> who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
  <SUP class="vnum">14</SUP> And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 
  <SUP class="vnum">15</SUP> John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’” 
  <SUP class="vnum">16</SUP> And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.
  <SUP class="vnum">17</SUP> For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ

<p>Glory be to God forever. <b>Amen</b>.

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